Thursday, May 25, 2006
A Farmer Supporter Reports
Mike Feinstein, former Mayor of Santa Monica, sent the following report to the Media Committee. This is a more "private" list than the National Committee list I have put up here, but considering that this is not a subject of controvercy as far as Greens are concerned, I have high hopes that Mike will not object to my re-publishing his letter without permission. The full text, "ripped from the headlines" as it were, is right behind the "Read more!" link, and well worth your time. Straight from the horses mouth, no "translation" from the mass media, it's Green News raw and direct. Enjoy...
--- Mike Feinstein wrote:
Folks
Its bad. I just left the farm a little while ago.
http://www.southcentralfarmers.com
http://la.indymedia.org/
http://www.cagreens.org/lacounty/
http://www.cagreens.org/lacounty/greens_support_scfarmers.html
We had a press conference there this morning (singer Ben Harper, actresses Darryl Hannah and Laura Dern, NRDC director Joel Reynolds and Green Party members Linda Piera-Avila, Byron DeLear and myself, followed by Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill and John Quigley speaking from up in the giant walnut tree above us on the farm.
http://www.feinstein.org/movies/scf_5_25_06.mov
The LAPD helicopters are now overhead and the farmers have barricaded themselves inside.
Baez, Hill and Quigley are all tree-sitting on the farm at this moment.
We don't know if/when the LAPD will try and force their way in.
There is a vigil planned at 7pm tonight outside of the fence around the farm.
For now, no one else will be able to go in or out.
We don't know what will happen.
There have been numerous LA County Greens active in this struggle. I literally can not remember them all (and I'm sure I'm forgetting some in the list below).
But for the record, these Greens have been among the many supporting the farm:
Alfonso Acosta
Doug Barnett
Marla Berstein
Peter Camejo
Mike Feinstein
Byron DeLear
Faramarz Nabavi
Jack Neff
Jason Neville
James Odling
Linda Piera-Avila
Lisa Taylor
Rebecca Tobias
Donna Warren
When we've been at the Farm, we've found that others there are also registered Green, but maybe not Greens we know because they haven't been active with the party.
--- Mike Feinstein wrote:
Folks
Its bad. I just left the farm a little while ago.
http://www.southcentralfarmers.com
http://la.indymedia.org/
http://www.cagreens.org/lacounty/
http://www.cagreens.org/lacounty/greens_support_scfarmers.html
We had a press conference there this morning (singer Ben Harper, actresses Darryl Hannah and Laura Dern, NRDC director Joel Reynolds and Green Party members Linda Piera-Avila, Byron DeLear and myself, followed by Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill and John Quigley speaking from up in the giant walnut tree above us on the farm.
http://www.feinstein.org/movies/scf_5_25_06.mov
The LAPD helicopters are now overhead and the farmers have barricaded themselves inside.
Baez, Hill and Quigley are all tree-sitting on the farm at this moment.
We don't know if/when the LAPD will try and force their way in.
There is a vigil planned at 7pm tonight outside of the fence around the farm.
For now, no one else will be able to go in or out.
We don't know what will happen.
There have been numerous LA County Greens active in this struggle. I literally can not remember them all (and I'm sure I'm forgetting some in the list below).
But for the record, these Greens have been among the many supporting the farm:
Alfonso Acosta
Doug Barnett
Marla Berstein
Peter Camejo
Mike Feinstein
Byron DeLear
Faramarz Nabavi
Jack Neff
Jason Neville
James Odling
Linda Piera-Avila
Lisa Taylor
Rebecca Tobias
Donna Warren
When we've been at the Farm, we've found that others there are also registered Green, but maybe not Greens we know because they haven't been active with the party.
// posted by Gregg Jocoy @ 10:07 AM 
